Earth Day Events
A Listing of Environmental and Conservation Events in April 2010 (Earth Month) for Montgomery County, Maryland
April 10 – The 22nd Annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at various sites
Alice Ferguson Foundation
http://www.fergusonfoundation.org/trash_initiative/trash_cleanup.shtml
Note: Students from Walt Whitman High School will be participating by cleaning up Cabin John Local Park, 7401 MacArthur Blvd.
April 10 - Rock Creek Watershed Cleanup
9 a.m. – 12 p.m. at various sites
Friends of Rock Creek’s Environment
http://www.friendsofrockcreek.org/2010-rock-creek-extreme-cleanup
April 11 - Opening to Wonder: Finding Our Sense of Place
6:30-8:30 p.m. at a private residence in Bethesda
RSVP to forum@simplicity-matters.com
This Second Sunday Forum features Hayden Mathews of River Stories. He has been on a self-described 60-year journey of progressive amazement. With each passing year, with each new adventure, with each new conversation with nature and his fellow humans, he finds himself more and more in love with life and progressively more in awe of how he got here and how he fits into the web of life. Using poems, prose, personal reflections of his journey, and some favorite images from his travels, Hayden will share his thoughts about his coming home process.
April 17 - Growing SOUL Earth Day Event
Build a worm depository at Blueberry Gardens in Ashton.
GrowingSOUL.org
April 17 - Germantown Paper Shredding/Recycling, Household Goods and Clothing Donation Event
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Ridge Road Recreational Park
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Sponsored by Montgomery County Solid Waste Services
April 18 - Wheaton Paper Shredding/Recycling, Household Goods and Clothing Donation Event
10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Wheaton Regional Park
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Sponsored by Montgomery County Solid Waste Services
April 18 - Brookside Gardens Earth Day Celebration
8 a.m. - 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
This all-day festival features a volunteer project, bird walk, exhibit fair and lots of children's activities. At 6 p.m., there will be a screening of the documentary film 'The Future of Food.' Some activities require registration. Get Full Schedule and Details
April 18 - Annual Cabin John Creek Cleanup
9:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Meet at playground next to the one-lane Cabin John Bridge on MacArthur Blvd.
Coordinated by the Friends of Cabin John Creek Watershed. If you have a group of people and would like to do a cleanup farther upstream or on a tributary of the Creek, it is important that you contact Burr Gray (burrgray@aol.com) in advance of the 18th so that he can plan accordingly.
April 21 - Viewing Party for TV Premiere of 'The Last Boat Out'
7:00-9:30 p.m.
Hard Times Cafe, 4920 Del Ray Avenue, Bethesda, Md. 20814
Award-winning PBS producer Laura Seltzer has produced 'The Last Boat Out,' a documentary set in her hometown in Virginia on the Chesapeake Bay. The film tells the inspirational story of watermen trying to preserve their way of life, and of a Bay struggling to survive despite development and pollution. Join Laura and Bethesda Green as we watch the film at Hard Times! Get More Details
April 22 - Living Smart by Living Green
5:00-7:30 p.m.
Potomac Community Center, 11315 Falls Road, Potomac, Md.
Free, family-oriented information event about home energy efficiency. Discount home energy audits, free CFL bulbs and more. Get details
April 23 – Song of the Earth: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore
Malcolm Dalglish’s "Hymnody of Earth: A Ceremony of Song for Hammered Dulcimer and Choir, Percussion and Dance" evokes the splendor of nature and draws on a world of musical traditions including Celtic, Shaker songs, early American shape-note hymns, and more.
http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=4363
April 24 – Stoney Brook Tributary Stream Cleanup
Kensington
Led by Bethesda Green’s Marney Bruce
Visit the 'select a county' page on the Potomac Watershed Cleanup Site, choose 'Montgomery,' hit 'Search' and scroll down to the "Stoney Brook Tributary" entry. Limited to 10 volunteers. Stoney Brook listing has details and contact info.
9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
April 24 – Earth Day Workshop: Simple Papermaking With Junk Mail and Organic Material
10:30 a.m. at the Strathmore Mansion
http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=4668
April 25 – Kids Earth Day Fun
Montgomery Parks -- Rockwood Manor, Potomac
http://www.montgomeryparks.org/calendar//events/index.php?com=detail&eID=395&year=2010&month=4
April 25 -- Audubon Naturalist Society's Garlic Mustard Pull
9 a.m. - 11 a.m. Help clear invasive, non-native garlic mustard weed from Audubon's Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase. This weed crowds out native wildflowers. Contact Liz Jones at volunteer@AudubonNaturalist.org or 301- 652-9188 x30. Advance registration required.
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Huge Event in D.C.
April 25: The Climate Rally on the National Mall
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
This event is sponsored by Earth Day Network and will feature nationally known speakers, plus live music from Sting, John Legend, The Roots and more. Get More Info
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